Re: Waltz (was: Regency Dancing...)


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Posted by La Dem on July 08, 1997 at 12:57:46:


In reply to Waltz (was: Regency Dancing...) posted by The Mysterious H.C. on July 07, 1997 at 23:09:11

I read somewhere that the Waltz came in at the beginning of the 1810's in London; I would guess it wasn't a steady ballroom staple among the country gentry until a little later -- though Jane Austen does mention the walz in Emma, published 1816...

Thanks Henry, that clarifies alot...




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